Summaries

Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments.

Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio and encounters a nutty religious woman, a pushy fan from a tour group, a street peddler, a shoeshine man, two young boys who know their Black history, and a group of radical staff writers. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White wants his viewers' money in order to relieve them of all that paper. Gladys Knight and the Pips appear without Gladys Knight. Idi Amin Dada rebuts a recent NBC editorial. In a segment adapted from Langston Hughes, sexy women with various shades of dark skin proclaim that Black is beautiful. Willie stumbles into a bar and stumbles back out before coming home to his wife, who delivers a soliloquy written by Maya Angelou.—J. Spurlin

Details

Keywords
  • dark comedy
  • parody comedy
  • satire comedy
  • reverend
  • laughing at one's joke
Genres
  • Comedy
Release date May 4, 1977
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA
Production companies Burt Sugarman Productions

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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